[SunHELP] BIG_ENDIAN-LITLE INDIAN

[David Eisner]

I don't think there's any simple way to do it without
knowing the details of the file format.

Suppose the file file on the PC starts out with these
six bytes:

0x04 0x03 0x02 0x01 0x02 0x01

If it turns out this is an int followed by a short,
on the Sun it becomes:  0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x01 0x02.
But if it is a short followed by a long, it would
become 0x03 0x04 0x01 0x02 0x01 0x02.

-David


Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> Rene Occelli writes ...
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>>I've to read binary file created on a  PC. So I'm looking for tools
>>to convert it that it is Ok to read on a Sun.
>>    
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>I think you can use dd and the -swab option to do that, perhaps something
>like ...
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>dd -swab -if=pc-file -of=sun-file
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>man dd for details, etc.
>
>-Shel
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